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Saturday, 14 August 2021

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It might be bathed in luxury but can this diesel Mercedes saloon fend off its EV rivals?

Irish Independent 14 Aug 2021

It felt downright strange to be driving a large saloon with a diesel engine – as opposed to an SUV with a hybrid or “electric” powertrain. Looking back over the cars I’ve test-driven so far this year, I am at pains to find more than a handful that could be described as a saloon ... Isn’t it strange how one can be so affected by such a consideration? ... .

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Delhiwale: The new Iron Lady

Hindustan Times 14 Aug 2021

Devki is the new face of an old landmark. She succeeds husband Radhe Shyam as an ironing service provider in the Capital’s upscale Nizamuddin East ... This role, to her, is both familiar and strange ... Strange, because only recently did she start to step out everyday into the big wide world as the family’s sole breadwinner ... Radhe Shyam took over in 2010.

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SF clubs are bringing back live music, with joy and caution

San Francisco Examiner 14 Aug 2021

When the Rickshaw Stop in Hayes Valley reopened June 25 with San Francisco singer-songwriter ZOLA to a limited audience of 50 guests, club founder Christopher White said, “It felt slightly strange and foreign, but also extremely familiar.” Feeling “great ...

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Two decades of gains for Afghan women end at point of a gun

The Times/The Sunday Times 14 Aug 2021

“It’s really strange to not be allowed to get to work, but now this is what it is,” Noor Khatera, 43, who had worked in the bank’s accounts ...

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Torrance becomes 1st LA County team to reach Little League World Series since 1994

ABC7 14 Aug 2021

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (KABC) -- The Torrance Little League all-star team will play in the Little League World Series after the team won in extra innings against Petaluma in the West Regional semifinal Friday afternoon ... It's been a strange season for the team ... "We miss them ... .

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Halle Berry movie 'The Mothership' lands again in Plainville

The Sun Chronicle 14 Aug 2021

PLAINVILLE -- "The Mothership" -- the movie -- has landed in town again ... No word if Berry or any of the other actors in the movie made an appearance ... Morse tries to find her husband with the help of their children after she discovers a strange extraterrestrial object underneath their home ... .

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Human remains are found in a barrel dumped on a residential street in New Jersey

The Daily Mail 14 Aug 2021

Local news website Daily Voice reported that victim was female, and forensic experts were trying to establish how she died. Police in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, on Friday were called to reports of a strange barrel left in the street (pictured) ... .

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Kandahar’s fall to the Taliban is a moment of huge significance

The Guardian 14 Aug 2021

Nearby, armed men sat on a strange sculpture of a mountain surrounded by spindly palm trees ....

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A man and a woman found dead in a Siu Sai Wan flat

Hong Kong Standard 14 Aug 2021

A security guard reported to the police at 11.47am after a strong and strange smell came out of the flat ... The Standard Channel ... .

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‘They said we were eccentrics’: the UK team developing clean aviation fuel

The Guardian 14 Aug 2021

But it was recently the backdrop, in the search for greener flying, to a strange and remarkable scene.

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Report: WWE Keeping 'Very Quiet' On Becky Lynch Return Rumours?

What Culture 14 Aug 2021

Fightful Select are reporting that WWE sources have been 'very quiet' about Becky Lynch lately ... All Fightful knows is that Bex will land "sometime this summer" ... Charlotte Flair vs. Rhea Ripley) ... It's slightly strange that nobody can get word on what's happening though.Advertisement. .

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Salvadoran vice president slams market fears over constitutional reform plan

Reuters 14 Aug 2021

The prices of government bonds have fallen this week on investors' concerns over the draft of a reform plan publicly released by a legal team led by Vice President Felix Ulloa ... "It really seems strange to me because there has been no presentation of any kind of reforms." ... Our Standards. The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles ... ....

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Old Favourites: My Year Off (1998) by Robert McCrum

The Irish Times 14 Aug 2021

At 42, Robert McCrum suffered a severe stroke that paralysed his left side ... His wife did likewise ... “It was like finding life on Mars.”  ... “I have learned … that I am not immortal (the fantasy of youth) and yet, strangely, in the process I have been renewed in my understanding of family and, finally, of the only thing that really matters. love.”. .

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Roethlisberger's staying power is not to be taken for granted

Courier Express 14 Aug 2021

The performance so whipped the denizens of Philadelphia into a frenzy, they were ready to start pouring the mortar to erect a statue of Wentz next to Rocky Balboa. Five years later, Wentz is gone from the Eagles, his career never recovering from the slide that began, strangely enough, after the blowout performance against the Steelers ... All three No.

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